Motherhood- An Eternal Partnership with God

Motherhood...... Today my sweet daughter and her new baby were not feeling well. They both had thrush and were really struggling. My daughter did not want to call and ask for help today because she knew I was having a painful day. Around noon, I decided to call her and find out how their day was going. She said they were doing fine. Even though she said she they were doing okay, I could tell in her voice that something was not right. As soon as I hung up the phone, I had my son take me to her house. We got there to find them both still in bed together.  I tried my best to help by picking up their medications, making lunch, and then listening and talking with her.

We talked about Motherhood and just how hard it really is. We shared the truth with one another about being a mother.  We agreed that crying babies, late nights, no sleep, breastfeeding, and health issues are never what we would consider to be divine at all! I told her that Motherhood is not always easy but it  always will be worth it.

She shared her desire with me of wanting to be a perfect mother for this little one and her desire to do everything right. I told her over the many years I have been a mother that all the Lord expects of you is to do your best. If we do that, then he will do the rest. The Lord has not intended for us to kill ourselves running around like chickens with our heads cut off in trying to be a perfect mother. I told her we would not be on this earth to learn by our mistakes if we were already perfect at being mothers.

I shared with her that the Lord has entrusted this child to you and expects you to love her unconditionally, not matter what she does or puts you through. He knew you could handle this strong little spirit and that is why she is yours.

We talked about how satan does not want us to succeed as mothers. He wants to put thoughts of inadequacies in our minds and make us believe that we our not good mothers. Satan wants to stop the eternal plan of families and make us all feel miserable. We shared why it is so important to combat those thoughts by taking time to pray, read scriptures, and finding time for ourselves to refuel.

I found this video that I want to dedicate to my daughter who is such a beautiful, amazing new mother and let her know just how proud I am of her and the mother she is becoming! I know that no matter what, the Lord will always help her in this calling of motherhood. There is truly no better calling in this world but that of a Mother and I know that all we need to do is try our very best and then the Lord will do the rest.

Motherhood: An Etermal Partnership with God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbYLKVgwztY